[Durham INC] July minutes

[Pat Carstensen]

Resending in advance of meeting Tuesday


July Delegate Meeting
InterNeighborhood Council of Durham
July 23, 2024

Attending the meeting were:
Neighborhoods
Burch Avenue – Cristen Jones
Cross Counties – Pat Carstensen
Morehead Hill – Bruce Mitchell
Northgate Park – Keith Cochran
Old North Durham – Mimi O’Brien
Trinity Park –  Mimi Kessler, Mary Molina
Tuscaloosa-Lakewood – Susan Sewell
Watts Hospital Hillandale – Tom Miller

President Mimi Kessler called the meeting to order and folks introduced themselves.

June Minutes – A corrected version (below) did not get sent out so we will postpone approval until next month.

Rewrite of the UDO: We were going to hear from Planning about the rewrite but some folks are out of town.  It is not “in scope” to have the consultant come.  We might have to shift the next meeting to match the availability of Planning staff.

Revamping INC External Communication:  The most current logo was shared and was generally liked.  The committee will start working on content for the website; mostly it will be rearranging current content, but  we will be adding some new material.  There was a discussion of an “action tag-line” for the front page.  Anyone who wants to join the group is welcome; Cristen expressed interest.  Once we have a website and brochure, we will get work on recruiting.

Announcements:

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Watts Hospital Hillandale and Old West Durham had their annual 4th of July Parade, and a huge crowd came.
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Watts Hospital Hillandale has had all kinds of rezoning passed at the western edge of the neighborhood, with a shopping center and large multi-family buildings; the neighborhood is needing to rethink what 900 new units means for them.
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The issue with development in Tuscaloosa-Lakewood has always been the resulting water problems.  The neighborhood is watching 2 developments: 2121C Crosswind will have 4 duplexes and 4 ADUs and 2050 Ward (Grace Ward Development) will have 14 townhouses in 5 buildings and 1 single family home. all around a creek bed and ivy covered ravine.  The neighborhood is working with stormwater on this.
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The plan to make Roxboro 2-way is moving forward.
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Northgate Park is having their food truck rodeo this week.
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Morehead Hill community events have included visits to the Nasher, as well as an expedition to Stagville for Juneteenth.
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There was a discussion of organizing events to  increase community in the neighborhood.

Nominating Committee – Tom, Bruce, Keith, and Mimi O’Brien volunteered.

In-person Meeting – Maybe outside in September, perhaps at Lakewood Social.

Adjourn


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June Delegate Meeting
InterNeighborhood Council of Durham
June 25, 2024

Attending the meeting were:
Neighborhoods
Bragtown – Vannessa Mason Evans
Burch Avenue – Richard Ziglar
Cross Counties – Pat Carstensen
Leesville Road Coalition – Herman Sperling
Merrick-Moore – Bonita Green
Morehead Hill – Bruce Mitchell
Northgate Park – Keith Cochran
Old North Durham – Mimi O’Brien
Trinity Park –  Mimi Kessler, Mary Molina
Tuscaloosa-Lakewood – Susan Sewell
Watts Hospital Hillandale – Sherri Zann Rosenthal, Tom Miller


President Mimi Kessler called the meeting to order and folks introduced themselves.

Mimi O’Brien moved to approve the May minutes, Bonita Green seconded, and this passed.

Rewrite of the UDO: Mimi Kessler attended the meeting for residents on the UDO re-write;  at it, someone said that 8 units per lot was not “planning’s understanding.”  However, at the JCCPC meeting, someone asked whether the planners should go ahead with  having up to 8 units per lot inside the urban growth boundary, and no-one said no.   Planning would like to have simpler code – that is, many fewer types of residential lots.  Also at the JCCPC, the presentation started with the residents’ clear direction that they wanted trees and protection of existing development, and this dismissed by the Mayor.  The regulations should cover both the built environment and the environment to be built.  New neighborhoods with restrictive covenants will be protected; older neighborhoods will not be.  Mimi Kessler will ask Planning if the consultant can come to our July meeting.

Northgate Mall Redevelopment: The latest proposal has 72 units with an average 60% AMI and for those aged 55+, with  otherwise the same proposal for lab and office space; they will need rezoning.  They have a major commercial tenant lined up.  The small area planning for Walltown has started; we will see how close it is to the ideas from the community.

Support for Burch Avenue – Duke has pulled their application for three properties, including the 400 Gattis Street laundry part of the proposal.

Revamping external communications: The committee has a proposed new logo and is continuing to work on the website and brochure.   People made comments on the proposals, about color and small houses.

The latest weekly news from Planning gives what they decided on neighborhood meetings.  Mimi Kessler will post this on list-serve.

Announcements:

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 Northgate Park is still having their food truck rodeos.
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Watts Hospital Hillandale and Old West Durham will have their annual 4th of July Parade, and everyone is invited.
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The folks pushing park bonds are mentioning contamination, but due to lack of transparency from city government, people are pushing back on the bonds until they know more about what the city is doing about the contamination.

Adjourn













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